jheel

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani جھیل (jhel) / झील (jhīl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒiːl/
  • Rhymes: -iːl

Noun

jheel (plural jheels)

  1. (India) A pond, marsh, lake or similar wetland area, usually with significant vegetation providing shelter and/or food to a variety of aquatic and semi-aquatic animal species.
    • 1889, Rudyard Kipling, “A Wayside Comedy”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 59:
      In Spring, it is ablaze with roses; in Summer, the roses die and the hot winds blow from the hills; in Autumn, the white mists from the jhils cover the place as with water, and in Winter the frosts nip everything young and tender to earth-level.

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